Or My boyfriend is in the band - the one playing right now.
Clarification (muddification) on a vs an - itās if the word sounds like it starts with a vowel.
An hour - the h is silent, so hour sounds like it starts with o
A once in a lifetime chance - once sounds like it starts with w
Hi Sara,
I found a link on how to use articles that I hope you find useful, itās from the free writing lab on Purdue Universityās website: Using Articles
Rhuby Iām in love with you! 
Thanks all you natives, it has been very helpful,
@wolfman but i hate to learn even a grammar of my language.
Another example of confusion:
" You are creating a citizens of the world".
So. A is in the front of a noun beginning with consonant, but ācitizensā is plural.
And, @Rhubot , indefinite, meaning,
uncountable, unmeasurable?
Sorry for being so annoying 
That is so deep and subversive ! 
I keep forgetting the difference between who and whom and how to use it correctly.
Normally you would say āa citizen of the worldā in singular.
No, indefinite as in not a particular thing.
Normally itās simple.
Like if you say āIām going to the pond behind the houseā, then I know there is just one pond behind your house and youāre going to that one. Because you used the definite article, the.
If you say āIām going to a pondā, then I donāt know which pond youāre going too (and maybe you donāt either). Because you used an indefinite article (see what I did there?).
Sometimes itās more complicated.
If you say āIām reading a bookā it doesnāt really matter which book, just that youāre reading one. But of course you know which book youāre reading. Youāre just not emphasizing that part. A book = any book, not one particular book.
If you say āIām reading the bookā itās assumed the person youāre talking to knows which book it is, and it is that specific book. For instance you could be reading Alice in Wonderland, your friend knows that and you would be referring to that specific book.
Sometimes you use the definite article even though you donāt have one particular thing in mind. For instance, normally youād say āIām going to the cinemaā whether you know which cinema youāre going to or not. And you would say āI play the violinā even though you can play any violin. This depends on the noun, in this case cinema and violin. Iām not sure what the rules are or if there are anyā¦ Except that instruments are normally referred to with the definite article. āDo you play the piano?ā is correct. āI always play a guitar at 2 amā sounds strange.
And sometimes you skip the article entirely, as in āIām going to schoolā and āIām going to workā.
I woke up 8 minutes after I was supposed to be at work this morning. Sleep schedules are the worst! 
love you, too
Or not counted or measured. Not specific.
You are creating a citizen of the world (just one citizen)
You are creating citizens of the world (more than one, an unspecified number)
Soon @sarad will probably speak more proper English than I do 
If not already 
Sorry, this is somewhat incorrect. I would know thereās just one pond behind the house because you used the definite article and the noun is in singular form. If it had been in plural form there would be multiple ponds. And with the first sentence (singular) there could be other ponds further away but there is just one which is in the vicinity of the house and behind it
My English isnāt perfect but I think what I wrote here is correct. Now.
Sometimes when Iām not sure, I just google that word to see which article is used 
Poor me lol
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